Early Tuesday morning news broke that four assistant coaches were arrested in connection to a federal fraud and corruption case. Those coaches, including beloved Arizona Assistant Coach Emmanual Richardson (Book) also include USC’s Tony Bland, Oklahoma State’s Lamont Evans, and Auburn’s Chuck Person.
Many others were arrested as well, including top Adidas executive James Gatto (Director of global marketing for basketball). One complaint alleges a cooperating witness in an FCC case, after being charged in that case, had in the past engaged in this type of conduct. He told the FBI, “I’m aware of people who are willing to do this,” thus we assume to help his cause.